…Raabta…
A Pious Relationship
Swasan One Shot
A lady was arranging a wardrobe… Suddenly by mistake a box fell down from her hand…
She bent down to pick the box when her eyes fell on a pendant kept inside it… She took it out from the box and gently caressed it..!!
She turned and looked towards the dressing table and saw a lady sitting on the stool while a man was standing behind her
There faces were adorned with smiles, the man said something in her ears making the lady blush…
Then he reached out his pocket and took out a small box from it…
Taking out the content of the box(which was a pendant) he extended his hands
in front of the lady’s eyes… The lady who was busy wearing her bangles lifted her head and looked in the man’s eyes through mirror, a smile which reached her eyes came on her face….
The man made her wear that pendant which had their initials on it (SS)
Man: I love uh Swara…!!
Lady smiled and said: I love uh too Sanskar…!!
the door bell of their house rang breaking the chain of memories of the lady… Tears were flowing out from her eyes by now… She clutched the pendant close to her heart and whispered unknowingly : I love uh Sanskar, I really do…!!
The door bell rang again and she quickly wiped her tears and went to open the door after keeping the box inside the cupboard
She opened the door and saw a man standing there, she gave him space to move in…
He silently came in followed by her who came after closing the door
He went in another room adjacent to the room in which the lady was there
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Night
The man was seen working on his laptop in the room
Suddenly someone knocked on his room’s door
He found lady standing there…
She came in
Lady:I need to talk Sanskar
Sanskar kept the laptop aside and nodded
“Uttara called me today”
“She is coming to Mumbai next week to stay with us for some days”
Sanskar: Yes, I know Swara she called me too
Swara: So….(hesitated to talk further)
Sanskar: So..?
Swara took a deep breath and avoided eye contact
“She don’t know anything abt us, if we would continue living like this in front of her, she would definitely get suspicious (interrupted)”
Sanskar: and she would tell mom… So u want us to stay like before in front of her…!!
Swara nodded
Sanskar: I’ll shift to our… I mean your room before her arrival
Swara nodded
Now again silence prevailed between them
(There was a time when they both had so much to talk that they would continue talking their whole life… But everything does not remain the same always…)
Swara stood up to leave the room she reaches near the door then stopped and said : I made kheer today, come I’ll serve it to you
And left the room without giving him a single glance
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Next day
Morning
Swara was hurriedly packing her and Sanskar’s respective Tiffin boxes
She again checked her watch and it showed 9:05
Swara:I still have ten minutes left, I should go and check my presentation once
She was abt to go in her room back when she heard Sanskar’s shout
She ran towards his room and saw blood coming out from his finder
Swara:Sanskar
She quickly went towards the drawer for first aid box then went back to him and made him sit on bed
Swara: Sanskar kya karte ho… Kitni Chot lagali na tumne…(bandaging his finger )
Bahut dard ho rha hai
Sanskar nodded in negative way
He was looking into her eyes with so much pain
Swara too looked into his eyes and realized that they are no more old Swasan
Swara: How you got hurt..??(little angry)
Sanskar: I was trying to stitch a button in my shirt by mistake needle pierced my finger
Suddenly Swara felt guilty, so guilty as she could not even help her husband
Swara: Show me I will do
Sanskar: No it’s oky , I can do myself
Swara: Don’t be stubborn Sanskar, we both know that u can’t do it, so y r you arguing…
Sanskar:you are also not less Swara… U r also equally stubborn
Swara ignored his talks and took needle and thread along with button in her hand and started putting it on his shirt
She was busy doing her work and Sanskar was just watching her
After few minutes Swara succeeded in stitching the button,biting the thread she said: Done
She glanced at her watch and saw the time:Sanskar take care of your finger and don’t do this again… Take care
She left for her office followed by Sanskar who too went to his office
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[6/9, 21:17] ~Shreeya: **************
Next day
Morning
Swara was hurriedly packing her and Sanskar’s respective Tiffin boxes
She again checked her watch and it showed 9:05
Swara:I still have ten minutes left, I should go and check my presentation once
She was abt to go in her room back when she heard Sanskar’s shout
She ran towards his room and saw blood coming out from his finder
Swara:Sanskar
She quickly went towards the drawer for first aid box then went back to him and made him sit on bed
Swara: Sanskar kya karte ho… Kitni Chot lagali na tumne…(bandaging his finger )
Bahut dard ho rha hai
Sanskar nodded in negative way
He was looking into her eyes with so much pain
Swara too looked into his eyes and realized that they are no more old Swasan
Swara: How you got hurt..??(little angry)
Sanskar: I was trying to stitch a button in my shirt by mistake needle pierced my finger
Suddenly Swara felt guilty, so guilty as she could not even help her husband
Swara: Show me I will do
Sanskar: No it’s oky , I can do myself
Swara: Don’t be stubborn Sanskar, we both know that u can’t do it, so y r you arguing…
Sanskar:you are also not less Swara… U r also equally stubborn
Swara ignored his talks and took needle and thread along with button in her hand and started putting it on his shirt
She was busy doing her work and Sanskar was just watching her
After few minutes Swara succeeded in stitching the button,biting the thread she said: Done
She glanced at her watch and saw the time:Sanskar take care of your finger and don’t do this again… Take care
She left for her office followed by Sanskar who too went to his office
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One week passed and today was the day when Uttara , Sanskar’s sister was going to come at their house…
Swara took a full day leave from her office while Sanskar would come taking a half day leave after picking Uttara from airport
Swara was busy in shifting Sanskar’s clothes and other goods from his room to their room(which is now Swara’s room)
She wanted to keep the problems between them hidden from Uttara…. Uttara was a mature girl and it would be difficult to hide this from her for long… She would eventually come to know abt this but Swara wanted to tell her on her own and this was not the right tym , she would definitely tell her after she(Uttara) spends some time with them without any hesitance
The door bell rang and Uttara was warmly welcomed by her Bhabhi (Swara) she was quite excited abt her visit to Sanskar’s house… Sanskar had always been a great big bro to her… Her every problem since childhood had a single solution named Sanskar Bhaiya….!!!
The day passed and soon it was night, Uttara was made comfortable in the guest room
Swasan were to sleep in their room
Sanskar took pillows and moved towards the couch, Swara stopped him but he was adamant about sleeping on the couch
And this lead to another argument between them…!!
Finally Sanskar had to sleep on bed only, both made themselves comfortable on either side of bed… But were they really comfortable…???
No they were not … They were missing each other and each nd every thing of this room reminded them of their happy moments…
Life is so unpredictable, they would have never imagined that they would ever behave like strangers…
Sanskar could hear faint sobbing sound which was obviously Swara’s…!! How much ever he wanted to hug her, to console her to tell her that let’s forget everything and make a fresh start but everything is not as simple as it looks like…. Or we can say that humans can make every simple thing complicated with their behavior… And same happened here, they both wanted to be with each other but both were not ready to take initiative…
It is said that your ego has the power to destroy u and its true…!!
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Swara had slept by now
Sanskar got up from the bed and moved towards the balcony…. This balcony is soul witness of their moments…. How Sanskar surprised Swara by making her favorite pakoras and ginger tea when the first rain of season was welcomed… How they both had a candle light dinner here…!!
A smile spread across his lips remembering this…
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It had been two days since Uttara came there, Today was Monday and both Swasan had to go to their respective offices after spending this fun weekends with Uttara… They both were quite upset to leave her alone at home but she convinced them somehow that they can obviously join her in evening ….
Uttara was getting bored in the house alone so she thought to watch some movie… Swara had told her already that DVDs r in the first drawer of the cabinet beside bed… Uttara moved towards Swasan’s bedroom and by mistake she opened the last drawer, she found a diary… She opened it and saw ‘Swara’s Diary ‘ written on the first page… She was going to shut the diary nd keep it back when a page that might be torn feel down…
She never had any intention to read it but the words written on it caught her attention and thus leading her to read the whole diary ….
She closed the diary, tears were threatening to fall down from her eyes… Since the day she came to Mumbai she was suspicious of their behavior but neglected it thinking that it would be a small fight between them but she never new that from almost six months they are staying in separate rooms…
And the diary which read how they both started fighting on small small issues one and half year back and how it resulted into their separation (almost)
She felt really angry on these two for fighting for such stupid reasons like Swara felt Sanskar is not giving her tym, he’s coming late from office, becoming a workaholic , he doesn’t like her handmade food… He finds her too talkative and the list goes on and on….
What were the exact problems from Sanskar’s side were still not revealed to uttara as this diary had only Swara’s point of view
She really felt angry on her brother for not giving time to her Bhabhi and making her feel so lonely..the diary had tear stains of swara stating how she would have cried while writing this…!!
And she knew that her brother would have felt the equal pain as they both love each other equally,love is clearly evident on their eyes…
And she can say that problems would be there from Swara’s side too as every coin has two sides
[6/13, 10:52] ~Shreeya: Her thoughts were disturbed by the sound of door bell, she realized that she had spent the entire noon here and now it was evening , Swara would be at door… She quickly kept the diary back and went to open the door…
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They finished having dinner and Uttara dragged them to their room, she wanted to chat with them (intentionally)
So the conversation began…
Amid of the convo Uttara asked several such questions which left Swasan at loss of words… The never knew that she is noticing them from the very first day of her arrival, and on the contrary to their side , Uttara was completely shocked by the way both were indirectly taunting each other, not exactly taunting but one can assume that…
Sanskar’s POV
I don’t want to drag this conversation more, m unintentionally hurting Swara with my words… But she is also no less , I know I was not able to give her much tym but what she did she also started avoiding me,I tried to pacify her but no use, she was intentionally doing the things which I don’t like
~ His thoughts were disturbed by Uttara and Swara’s voice , Uttara was asking Swara to sing a song while Swara was denying…!!
Uttara:Bhaiii
Sanska: han
Uttara:you only Ask Bhabhi to sing a song na… I know she would not deny…
Sanskar:Arey Uttara may be she is not in mood to sing, she’ll sing some other time
(Swara looked towards him who was already looking towards her and both had a short eye lock which was disturbed by Uttara )
Uttara:How can I forget that you will only support her..!!
(Looking towards Swara) Bhabhi pls sing na , for me pls
Swara:Ufff Achha oky… Let me bring my guitar..!!
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Sanskar’s pov continues
Swara brought her guitar and sat comfortably on a chair
Swara: Uttu, I didn’t sing from a long tym, so forgive me if I don’t sing nicely…
Uttara:Bhabhi I know you will sing nicely… Chalo now start
Swara started playing the guitar. …
Swara closed her eyes and started the song
Main tenu samjhawan ki
Na tere bina lagda jee
Main tenu samjhawan ki
Na tere bina lagda jee
(She opened her eyes and looked at Sanskar who was already staring her, she again closed her eyes)
Tu ki jaane pyaar mera
Main karoon intezar tera
Tu dil tui-yon jaan meri
(Sanskar remembered an incident before their marriage where Swara was angry with him due to some reason and he was trying to pacify her Swara-No Sanskar I will not talk to you, you don’t know how much I love uh and still you came here after being so ill… U never take care of yourself- he smiled remembering it)
Main tenu samjhava ki
Na tere bina lagda jee
Tu ki jaane pyaar mera
Main karoon intezar tera
Tu dil tui yon jaan meri
Main tenu samjhawa ki
Na tere bina lagda jee
(Swara remembered
Sanskar-I love uh so much swara
Swara:I love uh too Sanskar…!!)
Mere dil ne chun laiyaa ne
Tere dil diyaan raahan
Tu jo mere naal tu rehta
Turpe meriyaan saaha
Jeena mera.. hoye
Hun hai tera, ki main karaan
Tu kar aitbaar mera
Main karoon intezar tera
Tu dil tui-yon jaan meri
Main tenu samjhawan kee
Na tere bina lagda jee
(She looked towards Sanskar , his eyes were showing so much of love for her, she unknowingly prayed to God to make everything alright)
Ve changa nahion keeta beeba
Ve changa nahion keeta beeba
Dil mera tod ke
Ve bada pachhtaiyaan akhaan
Ve bada pachhtaiyaan akhaan
Naal tere jod ke
Tenu chadd ke kitthe jawan
Tu mera parchhanvaa
Tere mukhde vich hi main taan
Rab nu apne pawaan
Meri duaa.. haaye
Sajda tera kardi sadaa
Tu sun iqraar mera
Main karoon intezar tera
Tu dil tui-yon jaan meri
(By they end of the song both were deeply immersed in their eye lock which was broken by sound of Uttara’s clapping)
Main tainu samjhawan ki
Na tere bina lagda jee
Uttara: Bhabhi your voice is really beautiful…. Bhai aap kuch nhi kahoge
Sanskar: I loved it Swara… (And I love uh Swara- inaudibly)
Swara smiled looking at both of them for Uttara the smile was happy one but for Sanskar it was a sad smile
Uttara realized that the environment is turning emotional so she quickly gave a excuse that she’s feeling sleepy and left towards her room… She slept thinking abt what to do next while Swasan too slept without any argument as both were immersed in memories
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A week passed now and Uttara was going back today
She was little Happy as she managed to reduce little gap between Swasan in these days and now just a little push is required and both will say their heart out to each other… But she thought that she can’t do everything, this is something for which they only have to take the initiative….
Still one thing was sure that they will reunite soon
She prayed to God to do something and knock some sense in their brains because they truly love each other and destiny doesn’t seem to bless everyone with true loveanymore
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The days were passing slowly and now the conditions between Swasan were little better, but a long way had to be covered to sort out everything… And that is only possible if they make a move
It was another day and today Sanskar was going to Delhi for some office work.. He would be returning after two days …
Swara indirectly helped him with his packing… Swara prayed for his safe journey while Sanskar unknown to this just wanted to hear those three magical words from her mouth like before and he knew this would make his journey better
Evening
Swara was reading a book when the doorbell rang
She opened the door to find a man standing there
A smile came on her lips and she instantly side hugged that person
Swara:Oh my God Laksh bhai, what a pleasant surprise…!! You would have told me earlier na I would have came to receive you
Laksh: I knew you would say this… But I wanted to see this happiness on your face Swara…!!
Swara smiled
Laksh: now may I come inside?
Swara:Oh Han… Sorry sorry I forgot we r on door…
Swara and Laksh were sitting in the living room having a cup of coffee and chatting
(Laksh is not Swara’s real brother but a cousin who lived with Swara’s family during his schooling)
Swara: Bhai this is not done u r leaving tomorrow only..
Laksh:Arey I came here for office work… Today morning only I came and by tomorrow the work would complete so I have a flight to catch in evening
Swara:but next tym come for a week at least, or I won’t talk to you
Laksh: oky madam
Swara: How is Bhabhi Bhaiya, u know I met her only at your marriage and that tym I had to come without Sanskar(became sad remembering him) but now plan a trip along with her, I want to meet her
Laksh’s expressions changed hearing this, Swara was noticing that he was quite different today and now she was sure something is wrong
Swara: Bhai what happened…?
Laksh:Woh Swara we can never come together now…!!
Swara: What are you saying…???
Laksh:We divorced each other one month back…!!(in a heavy tone and avoiding eye contact )
Swara stood up in shock : what? But… But you both loved each other na..? Then … I mean… How … How can you divorce her.??
Laksh: (moist eyes) we were pretending to be oky in front of others from a long tym, but inside we both stopped taking to each other, we lived like strangers under a single roof… And one day our arguments broke up into a fight and she left the house in anger…I still regret that why I didn’t go behind her that day to pacify her… Y I allowed all this to happen ( and with that he broke into tears)
Swara was still in shock she passed a glass of water to him , she started imagining herself in this situation, how they both are also doing the same, they both also love each other and if this happened with them too… The thought itself shivers her up
But avoiding her thoughts she tried to console Laksh
Swara: Bhai this all happened and you never told me…!!
Laksh: We thought to hide this from others Swara until the day divorce happened we never told anything to any one
Swara was too shocked to react, for her they were a perfect couple but divorce
Swara: How all this started bhai? Fights?
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Sanskar was returning from his office he was walking towards his hotel as it was near the office in only when someone tapped at his shoulder, he turned and look at the person, it took him few moments to remember who it is…
Sanskar: Ragini… Is it you??
Ragini:Yes Mr Maheshwari… (Sanskar gave her a glare) oky oky Sanskar
Sanskar: better
Ragini:You here? I mean r friends told u r living in Mumbai?
Sanskar: yes but came here for an office work
Ragini: Oh… Come na my house is near only… We’ll have a coffee together
Sanskar: Arey no no, (saw office bag in her hand) you are returning from office,you would be tired… Its oky
Ragini:Arey nothing like that u come, don’t worry your wife would not kill u if you have a cup of coffee with me…
(Sanskar remembered how swara once told him, don’t worry Sanskar m not jealous if u talk with any female colleague cause I trust my husband that he only loves me)
He smiled remembering that…
Sanskar: No no she is very understanding
Ragini: so come na
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Laksh: Everything was fine when gradually I became busy in office, she thought m ignoring her but I was doing to plan a secure future for both of us .. I was never ignoring her, she thought I don’t love her anymore
(Swa—Lak Rag—San convo would go parallel)
Ragini and Sanskar were chatting when Sanskar asked her abt her husband, Ragini who was hesitant at first later answered that they divorced each other…
Sanskar: What, I mean how…?? Yours was a love marriage na?(shocked)
Ragini: A month ago Sanskar, but now m regretting it… I regret why I never talked to him, y I never tried to understand his problems too…(started crying)
Sanskar was not knowing what to say he just waited for her to continue
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Laksh: Swara she thought that I dont love her anymore, and I was such a fool back then, that I never tried to explain my problems to her, I’m sure if I would have explained or talked to her my Ragini would have surely understood me but I destroyed everything
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Ragini:Laksh gradually became too busy, I always complained to him regarding this, and when these complains turned into arguments to fights I was not able to understand… I always blamed her and he too started arguing with me for every small small thing… We both started dominating each other gradually… We never tried to sort out this mess …. Never tried to understand each other… And one day I left his house…
Sanskar was very sad for them, he knew how they would have felt and now he is scared if this same happens in their case, the problems between them are also similar to those of raglak…!!
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Laksh: Swara you know it is very difficult to find true love and I lost it… M very happy at least you and Sanskar are not like us… You both understand each other… And remember Swara never leave each others hand, problems are part of life and you can find every solution by taking … You should not fail to convey your feelings to your loved ones because sometimes it becomes necessary to show that you love them…I and Ragini never imagined that we would take such a step but I still have a hope if ever in future our paths will cross i would try to mend our relation…!!
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Ragini: Sanskar you’re lucky that you got Swara, who is so understanding, see even I failed to understand my husband… We both loved each other equally and we both were equally at fault but instead of mending our relation we broke it… And c I’m regretting now… Sanskar never ignore Swara, if ever such a situation comes when you’re busy with work so tell your problems to her… Don’t let her think anything wrong… Everything can be solved by talking…!! Don’t ever take too much tym for talking..!! I wish I could go and make everything between me nd Laksh alright again… But that is not possible now…!!
A person can never understand the consequences until and unless someone shows a mirror to him… And same happened with swasan… They were able to see what their future could be if they continue their behavior….!! Swara who failed to understand Sanskar was now determined to tell everything which her heart wants to say to him and Sanskar who failed to understand Swara was also thinking the same
This new sunrise would hopefully bring light in their lives
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It was late night by now and swara was waiting for Sanskar to come… She knew he would be tired and it is not the right tym but now she can’t even waste a second, she would talk to him as soon as he freshens up
Door bell rang (door bell is very important in this OS)
Swara opened the door and found Sanskar standing, she was suddenly at loss of words, she planned to speak so much but when he is there in front of her she can’t utter a word even… Sanskar looked into her eyes and was sure that she wants to say something, same was his condition be too wanted to say a lot to her
He gradually took her hands into his and made her sit on the couch and himself sat on the floor
Sanskar: Swara you want to say something
Swara looked at him and became shocked that how he understood but later realized how stupid was she to think he don’t love her
Swara- Sans… Sanskar woh(and started crying)
Sanskar became tensed
Sanskar:Swara, Swara kya hua?
She hugged him instantly and was continuously muttering a sorry
Swara: Sorry… Sanskar… M sorry I always took you wrong… Sorry… Pls forgive me… Sorry Sanskar
Sanskar tried to break the hug but she was clutching him tightly
Sanskar: Shhh Swara, it’s not your fault…don’t say sorry pls
Broke the hug and cupped her face
Sanskar: I was at fault, I too ignored you, I failed to give you time… I…I.. I’m sorry Swara… Pls forgive me
Swara:Nhi Sanskar tum sorry mat bolo, u were so busy in work, you were working for us but still I thought that you don’t love me…how could I?
Sanskar: Nhi Swara,even I failed to understand you, I never told you my problems never heart your heart…!!
Swara:Sanskar, I love you… I really love uh so much… Sorry(Sanskar kept his hand on her mouth)
Kehte hain:
Khuda ne iss jahaan mein
Sabhi ke liye kisi na kisi ko hai banaaya
har kisi ke liye
Tera milna hai uss rab ka ishaara
Maano mujhko banaya tere jaise hi kisi ke liye
Kuch toh hai tujh se raa
Sanskar: Nhi now no more sorry, and I love you too,I can’t tell how much I was waiting to hear this… I can even die…(now Swara made him quite by keeping her hand on his mouth)
She shook her head in a negative way, they both looked into their eyes for a minute then Sanskar hugged her…
She was silently sobbing and he was patting her back ….
Kuch toh hai tujh se raabta
Kuch toh hai tujh se raabta
Kaise hum jaane, hume kya pata
Kuch toh hai tujh se raabta
Tu humsafar hai
Phir kya fikar hai
Jeene ki wajah hi yehi hai
Marna issi ke liye
That day swasan sorted our their every problem, they told everything that how they felt, how they missed each other everything ….
THE END
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Hello guys… This is Shreeyu here with my first one shot… I don’t know if you will like it but I was so nervous regarding it that I took I week to write this…
This is a simple story, and I hope you would like it…
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